Using - VS2013, VS2015, .Net 4.5
I have several Asp.Net projects each of which has an images/books folder that contains 1000's of images. I don't include these folders in the project ( the .csproj file) files so they are always left out when using using Publish.
I want to include these folders when publishing to UAT and LIVE without having to add them to my project as having so many images in your project is problematic.
What do I need to do to make this happen?
You can use this hook in your project file to add files or folder to deploy :
<!--Hook to deploy add files -->
<PropertyGroup>
<CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn>
AddFilesToDeploy;
$(CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn);
</CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<!--Add files to deploy -->
<Target Name="AddFilesToDeploy">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="CurrentAssembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<ItemGroup>
<JsFile Include="App\MyApp.min-%(CurrentAssembly.Version).js" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(JsFile.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>App\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
Warning : this hook work when you publish a web application from visual studio. This doesn't work with the publish task with Team Foundation Server because it's not the task CollectFilesFromContent that is called
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I'm using LibSassBuilder in a Blazor project. I have read the docs and it's unclear to me if the package's config allows you to specify an output directory. I'd prefer to keep my .scss files outside of wwwroot and just place the compiled .css files there-- but I don't see if there's a way to do this. If not, is there a way to specify a file move to wwwroot in the Visual Studio build pipeline?
I'm also developing a Blazor project using LibSassBuilder. This is how I got it to work in my .csproj file:
<PropertyGroup>
<LibSassOutputStyle>compressed</LibSassOutputStyle>
<LibSassOutputStyle Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">expanded</LibSassOutputStyle>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<CSSFiles Include="**/*.css" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="MoveCSS" AfterTargets="Build">
<Move SourceFiles="#(CSSFiles)" DestinationFolder="wwwroot/css" />
</Target>
I have an ASP.NET Core project that builds properly with VS but fails with TeamCity.
It is a project that compiles to a library, but TeamCity tries to build it as an executable, and complains about the lack of 'main':
CSC error CS5001: Program does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point
The content of the .csproj file are as follow:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
<PropertyGroup Label="Configuration" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
<RuntimeIdentifier>win7-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
<OutputTypeEx>library</OutputTypeEx>
<StartupObject />
<AssemblyName>Test</AssemblyName>
<RootNamespace>Test</RootNamespace>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Folder Include="wwwroot\" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore" Version="1.1.2" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.1.3" />
<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="10.0.3" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
Visual studio has no problem building the dll file.
To reproduce:
Create an ASP.NET Core (.NET Framework) project
Change the output type to library
Remove the program.cs / startup.cs files
Compile with Visual Studio to confirm a library is being built
Build with Team City and an error will appear
To avoid that error, Please look into this SO post or this
You should be using the dotnet core plugin or you can easily
configure dotnet build command(if dotnet is present in your build
servers).
Or you can refer the MusicStore build.cmd file for reference. This basically downloads and installs the dotnet and all the dependencies and then builds the project.
Hope it helps!
I found a workaround; in the project file, VS puts this:
<OutputTypeEx>library</OutputTypeEx>
I need to add one line:
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<OutputTypeEx>library</OutputTypeEx>
So it looks like the build with TeamCity is not handling the OutputTypeEx propery but it handles the OutputType one.
I still see this as a bug, but at least there is a workaround.
I'm using TFS as a build server to use MsBuild for building and packaging a solution into a web deploy-package.
MSBuild Arguments: /p:CreatePackageOnPublish=true /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:DeployTarget=Package
Now I want to copy a couple of files into the source-files before building the package, so they will end up in the App_Data-directory when deployed to IIS. I was thinking of doing it as part of the TFS-build, and have created an InvokeProcess-action which calls xcopy and copies the files into the SourcesDirectory, however they don't appear in the built zip-package.
Into what directory should I copy the files, and where in the build-process?
Are there a better way to do this? I was thinking of a Post Build-event in the project-file, however I only want this to be run by specific TFS-build, and not for all builds.
I deploy specific js versionned files with this hook in my project file :
<!--Hook to deploy add files -->
<PropertyGroup>
<CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn>
AddFilesToDeploy;
$(CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn);
</CollectFilesFromContentDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<!--Add files to deploy -->
<Target Name="AddFilesToDeploy">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="CurrentAssembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<ItemGroup>
<JsFile Include="script\myApp.min-%(CurrentAssembly.Version).js" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(JsFile.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
If i remember, this doesn't work for a tfs build because CollectFilesFromContent is not executed in this process, so i have copied the files in a post build event:
if not '$(TeamFoundationServerUrl)' == '' (
xcopy "$(ProjectDir)script\myApp.min-#(VersionNumber).js" "$(OutDir)_PublishedWebsites\$(MSBuildProjectName)\script"
)
I have a simple MSBuild file that I'm learning with.
Here it is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Clean" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
<ProjectGuid>{D5A16164-962E-4A6D-9382-240F31AB6C50}</ProjectGuid>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="Clean">
<ItemGroup>
<BinFiles Include="bin\*.*" />
<fff Include="f\*.*" />
</ItemGroup>
<Delete Files="#(BinFiles)" />
<Delete Files="#(fff)" />
</Target>
</Project>
Now I want to include this in a Visual Studio solution and be able to run the "clean" target from Visual Studio 2012. I tried naming it testproject.msbuildproj like the internet seems to suggest "works", but it doesn't work. When I run the clean command I just get "unexpected error".
If I rename the project to testproject.csproj, it does some unintuitive things like creating compilation directories, but it does actually run my clean command properly. However, this is undesireable because it creates obj and bin/x86/debug type directories. It also looks goofy in Visual Studio because it still gives the References drop down.
How can I use just a plain vanilla MSBuild project from Visual Studio without random errors or false assumptions?
Note I only am having a problem with this from Visual Studio. Using msbuild from the command line it works perfectly
Visual Studio creates bin / obj folders when it opens csproj file. When you click Build / Rebuild / Clean it just uses appropriate targets from the project file.
You cannot stop VS from creating these folders, but you can ask it to create them in say temp folder by setting appropriate properties - refer this MSDN article for details.
So the steps are to rename your project to csproj, and add the following lines into project:
<PropertyGroup>
<OutputPath>$(Temp)\bin</OutputPath>
<IntermediateOutputPath>$(Temp)\obj</IntermediateOutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>
I usually use a bit different approach to work with MSBUILD files from VS:
I use regular csproj file with removed Import ... CSharp.targets part as pure container for my Build projects.
I add actual build files with targets and logic, and all properties, necessary artifacts like XSLT etc using "Include into project", so I can manage hierarchy and change any file from within VS.Net.
I redefine Build / Rebuild targets in csproj file for whatever I need, for example Build may contain minimum output, and while rebuild diagnostic one.
Like this:
<Target Name="Build">
<Exec Command="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe Builds\build.proj /t:Build /v:m" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Rebuild">
<Exec Command="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe Builds\build.proj /t:Build /v:d" />
</Target>
Is it possible to exclude specific files or folders from "Build Deployment Package" function in VS 2010?
In VS 2008 it was possible with Web Deployment package, unfortunately this project is not available in VS2010.
I need to exclude some files also, I want to remove assemblies .xml files from the deploy (I don't need them on the server), I couldn't find anything on the web so I decide to look for it on my own.
After digging into the msbuild of the MsPublish I found it, you need to setup the following in your project (edit manualy the .csproj):
<ItemGroup>
<!-- This will exclude the .xml files from the bin folder -->
<ExcludeFromPackageFiles Include="$(OutputPath)*.xml" />
<!-- This will exclude the tmp folder from the bin folder -->
<ExcludeFromPackageFolders Include="$(OutputPath)tmp" />
</ItemGroup>
just to clarify the ItemGroup include should be after
after the following import in your .csproj:
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
eg.
<ItemGroup>
<ExcludeFromPackageFiles Include="Sample.Debug.xml">
<FromTarget>Project</FromTarget>
</ExcludeFromPackageFiles>
</ItemGroup>
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi has a good post on this: http://sedodream.com/2010/05/01/WebDeploymentToolMSDeployBuildPackageIncludingExtraFilesOrExcludingSpecificFiles.aspx